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It’s the Face Off finale! It’s finally time to crown this season’s champion and their winning coach. As a reminder, the winner of this season will receive a VIP trip to one of Kryolan’s international locations, a new car, and $100,000 (and bragging rights of course). Since the beginning of the season, we’ve whittled it down to just two coaches (Laura for the ladies and Rayce for our gentlemen) and three finalists: Emily, Darla, and Logan. So before we announce the winner, let’s recap!

As Face Off does for finales, they’ve brought back some eliminated contestants to help out during the final challenge, but not just a couple. They brought back the whole cast!

The Teams
Darla, Rob, Anthony, Stephanie, and Daniel

Emily, Adam, Jamie, Regina, and Kelly

Logan, Julian, Ben, Gregory, and Will

Also, as per Face Off tradition, the finalists get to talk to their families before they dive into the last challenge. Emily talks to her parents (I forget how young she is—the girl hasn’t even been away to college yet!), Darla gets to talk to her boyfriend, and Logan talks to his wife. It’s just the extra motivation they need to get them through the last four days.

Once they arrive at the lab, there’s a red carpet laid out, and McKenzie talks about how big-blockbuster movie franchises extend beyond the screen.

The Challenge
Each team will create four characters that could star in a new film franchise. The characters must form a team that bands together to take on the bad guys. The characters will be based on a genre that’s randomly assigned, and a title that the contestants come up within five minutes using random words chosen from a word board.

The MoviesDarla: The Spirits of Eden (fantasy)

Emily: Paradise Reckoning (post-apocalyptic)

Logan: The Fortress (sci-fi)

The characters will be on display at Universal Studios, and the public will vote for their favorite movie. (The winner of the public vote will be shared with the judges, but will not determine the champion.)

The Concepts
Darla
Team Darla is creating four elemental spirits that fight the evil that erupts after Adam and Eve are cast out of the Garden of Eden. Her characters are a woodwind-instrument-inspired faun, a merman, a fire spirit, and a worm wrapped around a tree representing earth.

Emily
Team Emily is doing a post-apocalyptic take on The Wizard of Oz. Her characters mutated from the effects of radiation and became fused with different materials: metal, glass, wood, and leather.

Logan
Team Logan does a twist on The Island of Dr. Moreau. The animals were experimented on and took control of their ship. His characters are an iguana commander, an armadillo weapons expert, a skunk mechanic, and a hammerhead-shark assassin.

I, personally, would probably go to see all of these movies! Anyway, everyone gets to work, and they begin to see a vision of their characters. After a discussion with Laura, Darla changes her worm concept to be a prettier tree women instead. Logan adds metallic elements to all of his characters, and Emily is working on creating realistic-looking rubber glass. Thankfully, no one has any major issues, and four days later, it’s off to Universal Studios for the big reveal!

The public is amazed by the different worlds each of the finalists has created, and the judges get the opportunity to examine the characters up close. Then it’s on to the reveal stage so the judges can talk to the finalists about their creations.

The Judges

Darla
The judges tell Darla she nailed the fantasy genre. Her characters all have a high level of detail, and the prosthetic pieces blend seamlessly in with the models’ faces. The judges especially loved Darla’s wind creature, who doubled as a woodwind instrument, including cut outs in the horns and a beautiful bodice.

Emily
All of Emily’s characters have a great paint job and a beautiful palette. Her characters were ambitious and creative, and they feel related but also distinctly different. She successfully created intelligent pieces. The judges particularly liked Emily’s realistic-looking glass creature.

Logan
Logan’s characters (who felt very Guardians of the Galaxy–esque) were a cohesive group. The cybernetic features that Logan included in each makeup composition really tied them together. And the judges felt like his characters would inspire the actors playing them. Logan was also complimented on his forms and paint jobs.

The Winners
At Universal Studios, the public voted Darla as their favorite team of characters, and so did the judges. Darla was named the Face Off champion for season 8, and Laura, her coach, is Face Off‘s first repeat champion.

The show will be back in July (and so will I!), so we’ll see you then!

Expression Of JoyThe Brady Bunch: Groovy! The Bradys: Ritual hugging Married…With Children: ”Oh, great.” Thirtysomething: ”Of course I’m happy for you. Really. But what about me? Why does it always have to be about you? The Flintstones: ”Yabba-dabba doo

Expression Of Rage

The Brady Bunch: ”Hmmm…” The Bradys: ”If you back away from something you really want, then you’re a quitter!” (the angriest any Brady has ever been) Married…With Children: ”Aaagh, God, take me from this miserable life!” Thirtysomething: ”I’m not angry, OK?” The Flintstones: ”Willllmaaaa!”

Typical ProblemThe Brady Bunch: Marcia and her rival both want to be the prom queen. The Bradys: Bobby gets paralyzed. Married…With Children: Al doesn’t buy his family Christmas presents. Thirtysomething: Nancy gets cancer. The Flintstones: Fred and Barney are staying out too late.

Typical SolutionThe Brady Bunch: The prom committee decides to have two queens. The Bradys: Bobby gets married. Married…With Children: They hate him. Thirtysomething: If only we knew… The Flintstones: Wilma and Betty decide to follow them.

Attitude Toward SexThe Brady Bunch: Never heard of it The Bradys: Omigod — even Cindy does it! Married…With Children: Peg: Yes. Al: No. Thirtysomething: They didn’t get all those kids by accident. The Flintstones: Prehistoric

How Spouses FightThe Brady Bunch: They don’t. The Bradys: Infrequently, but it happens Married…With Children: Tooth and nail Thirtysomething: They stop talking The Flintstones: Fred and Barney go bowling while Wilma and Betty max out their charge cards.

How Kids Get Into TroubleThe Brady Bunch: Greg takes a puff of a cigarette. The Bradys: Carol’s grandson steals her business cards and sticks them in the spokes of Bobby’s wheelchair. Married…With Children: By committing felonies Thirtysomething: Ethan plays with a forbidden toy rocket. The Flintstones: They don’t.

How They’re Punished

The Brady Bunch: ”It’s not what you did, honey — it’s that you couldn’t come to us.” The Bradys ”Next time, ask.” Married…With Children: By the authorities Thirtysomething: It blows up in his face. The Flintstones: They’re not.

What Family Does For FunThe Brady Bunch: Takes special three-part vacations to Hawaii and the Grand Canyon The Bradys: Has flashbacks Married…With Children: Exchanges insults Thirtysomething: Talks The Flintstones: Attends showings of The Monster at the Bedrock Drive-In

Unsolved MysteriesThe Brady Bunch: How exactly did Carol’s first husband and Mike’s first wife die? The Bradys: What’s with Marcia’s new face and Bobby’s blonde hair Married…With Children: What kind of hair spray does Peg use? Thirtysomething: Why did Nancy take Elliot back? What do Gary and Susanna see in each other? The Flintstones: How does Barney’s shirt stay on if he has no shoulders? Where do Fred and Wilma plug in their TV?

Worst BehaviorThe Brady Bunch: The Brady children once made Alice feel under-appreciated.

Best Reason To WatchThe Brady Bunch: This is what life should be. The Bradys: They’re all grown-ups now! Married…With Children: Terry Rakolta hates it. Thirtysomething (Tie) This is your life. This isn’t your life. The Flintstones: This is what life might have been.

Best Reason Not To WatchThe Brady Bunch: Blurred vision from rerun overdoses. The Bradys: You’re all grown-ups now. Married…With Children: She has a point. Thirtysomething: After a while, you think it’s real. The Flintstones: The Simpsons